FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, Mongolia - Colleen Ruru, with the Center for Civil-Military Relations in Monterey, Calif., and serving as the lead planner for Khaan Quest's command post exercise, briefs U.S. Army Recruit Officer Training Corps cadets and active-duty Marines on how to role play as members of the international press, Aug.12. The CPX participants conducted a mock press conference the following day. Khaan Quest, a multinational peacekeeping exercise hosted annually by the Mongolian Armed Forces and co-sponsored by U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific and U.S. Army Pacific, is the latest in a continuing series of exercises designed to promote regional peace and security. MARFORPAC is the U.S. executive for this year’s exercise, which has been taking place since 2003. Khaan Quest 2013 officially ended Aug. 14. Ruru is from Wellington, New Zealand.